''Crazylegs Crane'' is a 16-episode made-for-television cartoon series produced by

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in 1978 for '' The All New Pink Panther Show'' on

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Production

This was Crazylegs Crane's first series dedicated solely to him. Previously, he had made regular appearances as an antagonist in the three DePatie-Freleng animated comedies: '' Tijuana Toads'' ''

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'' and '' The Dogfather''. Larry D. Mann voiced him in all but two of his appearances, with Bob Holt voicing him in the ''Tijuana Toads'' short "Flight to the Finish", and

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voicing him in the ''Dogfather'' short "The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg". His personality is similar to the Disney character

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. In the German series, this character was known as "Dummvogel", literally "stupid bird". The character's name was never spoken in the theatrical shorts, only being referred to as a "chicken" or a "crane" by other characters. When his own series entered production he was initially called "Ichabod Crane" before settling on "Crazylegs Crane".

Plot

In the cartoons that star Crazylegs Crane (voiced by Larry D. Mann), he goes through various misadventures, often accompanied by his son Crazylegs Crane Jr. (voiced by

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). He often encounters his frenemy, a fire-breathing

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(voiced by Frank Welker impersonating

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Appearances

None of the Crazylegs Crane shorts contained any credit information; only the series title and episode title were shown.

Tijuana Toads

# Go For Croak (1969) # Snake in the Gracias (1971) # Two Jumps and a Chump (1971) # The Egg and Ay Yi Yi! (1971) # A Leap in the Deep (1971) # Flight to the Finish (1972)

The Blue Racer

# Blue Aces Wild (1973) # Snake Preview (1973) # Aches and Snakes (1973)

The Dogfather

# The Goose That Laid a Golden Egg (1974) # Mother Dogfather (1974)

Crazylegs Crane

# Life With Feather # Crane Brained # King of the Swamp # Sonic Broom # Winter Blunderland # Storky and Hatch # Fly by Knight # Sneaker Snack # Barnacle Bird # Animal Crack-ups # Jet Feathers # Nest Quest # Bug Off # Beach Bummer # Flower Power # Trail of the Lonesome Mine

Reruns

Crazylegs Crane previously aired as part of ''The All-New Pink Panther Show'' on

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on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8:30am

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until September 22, 2011. Also, most of the shorts often aired as filler material on

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. Some episodes have also appeared on

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and other online video sites.

Home video

A DVD and Blu-ray containing the 16 episodes were released on April 26, 2016 from

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References

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